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Topic: You guys can laugh, but I'm a lil bummed about this. (Read 8528 times)

I was changing the oil in my car this morning. It sits awfully low so I have to jack up one side to get to the oil pan and oil filter. I've done this a thousand times... I removed the drain plug and drained all of the old oil out of the car. After this I put the drain plug back in and moved over to the oil filter for removal, moving the oil pan in the process to catch the excess oil that will come out.

As I am sitting there under the car about to install the new oil filter I feel something wet against my shoulder. It was the oil.... and before it ever reached my shoulder it soaked into something else, my dreads.

Fuckers acted like little wicks drawing oil to my roots... Don't know what I am going to do, but this looks a lot like a cutting situation. I got desperate and used an apple cider vinegar rinse to try and cut the oil, but it is really in there.

I am going to have my wife look at it when she gets home later and see how far into the middle they are soaked by cutting one... if I can atleast save something I will be happy.

Tried everything and I can still smell the oil even through the vinegar odor...lol man this is some funky shit. I ended up cutting one and it's only soaked in the middle up about 7 inches from the end. The middle is almost solid like a pencil so once it's in there it ain't going anywhere...

This sort of incident is why I don't have dreds. Well, that and my short baptist hair cut.

Sad isn't it? I have the same hair style from when I was in a baptist high school in the 70s. Although I do have a 16in tail in the back now. What can I say? It's my very retro 80's rat tail. (It didn't start out retro but time's gone by you know and it ain't the 80s anymore ) Everyone used to freak out about it, so I cut it off. Then everyone freaked about it being gone, so I grew it back.

Now I'm known as "that computer guy with the pony tail".

I hope you figure something out Skee and don't have to go all skinhead on us.

I hope you figure something out Skee and don't have to go all skinhead on us.

I doubt that will be the case. I know I am going to lose some legth, just don't know how much yet. I dont want to cut the ones I can see till she gets home and can see all the ones in the back. Uggg...

Not really Ford at least not for all-of-us, I've been bald since I was in my late 20s, and I got sick of looking like (Capt. Picard of the 80s Star-trek Fame Next Generation) in my 30's and 40's, so about 15 yrs ago, I just shave it all off, and keep it that way, as long as shave it every week, it's looks clean, I haven't grown it out in a long while, besides it just makes me look older...

« Last Edit: February 16, 2010, 08:24:03 PM by denb45 »

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"it's so nice to be insane, cause no-one ask you to explain" Helen Reddy cc 1974

I am trying not to to laugh. I always change my own oil. I don't trust those quickly lube places. I took my car there one time, and they stripped the threads in the oil pan for the drain plug. Didn't realize it until the next oil change.

No matter how careful I am I always seem to get some oil in my hair. My hair is short , so a little dawn get's it out. One time , I rested my head right in the drained oil container! Wasn't watching what I was doing.

It's always when I get to the filter, that I get the most oil on me, for some reason. I get it running down my right arm, almost to the armpit.

I have no advice because I'm not sure what exactly is inside your dreads...someone once told me that there is a core of carotin inside dreads.

But you said your hair was once backcombed? Truely, what is your original hair type? I just remember your avatar with a shaved head, and then with dreads.

Finally, can you please post a clear picture of you with your dreads? You're a good-looking guy, and I'm not asking you to post in the porn thread, but I want to see Tom as he is today, happy and not 7-inches shorter than he was pre-oilchange.

Having been a bar goddess for more than 20 years, I know Ginger Ale will take the stains out of almost anything so it may work in hair. I have spent all of yesterday and today trying to get the stop lights and the left turn signal working on my MG. I have used the lords name in vain many times and finally got the lights working, now the fuel pump won't work. Having traced the wiring diagram in every direction, cleaned and greased the terminals everywhere on the car, still nothing. At least my hair is perfect Have the best dayMichael

Well, we cut off about 7-8 inches. It had soaked into the center of the dread. I have enough trouble getting water out when I wash them, they take about 8 hours to get completely dry and thats even after hitting them with a blow dryer for a good ten minutes. I know there really is no way to get what was trapped out. I swear I washed my hair no less than 20 times and sludge was still thick inside. We went ahead and just cut them all about the same legth.

Basquo, you probably remember the pic down below, it was the one I used as my avatar. That was November 05 and probably the last or second to last time I cut my hair. It's straight and all I did was backcombed them. I had to use a shampoo with no conditioners in it so that the hair would stay packed together and eventually it locked, about one year I guess. I'll post some pics of this mess to show you all how funked up I look now... and yes, you all can laugh.

Ray, I don't know what it is about oil. You can have a drop in the bottle and if you spill any it suddenly becomes a gallon on the ground lol... or in your hair.

This sucks, but it sure beats what I thought was going to happen.. I thought I was going to become a dreaded ball head... yes, ball head.

Maybe you can soak it out with something. But wouldnt that destroy your own oils that make the dreads?

Why don't you go see a professional and get advice.

Actually I have to use a shampoo that helps strip out the natural oil and I have to wash them every 2-3 days so the oil does not build up. A lot of people think dreads are dirty and smelly when they actually are not.

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Well, we cut off about 7-8 inches. It had soaked into the center of the dread. I have enough trouble getting water out when I wash them, they take about 8 hours to get completely dry and thats even after hitting them with a blow dryer for a good ten minutes. I know there really is no way to get what was trapped out. I swear I washed my hair no less than 20 times and sludge was still thick inside. We went ahead and just cut them all about the same legth.

Basquo, you probably remember the pic down below, it was the one I used as my avatar. That was November 05 and probably the last or second to last time I cut my hair. It's straight and all I did was backcombed them. I had to use a shampoo with no conditioners in it so that the hair would stay packed together and eventually it locked, about one year I guess. I'll post some pics of this mess to show you all how funked up I look now... and yes, you all can laugh.

Ray, I don't know what it is about oil. You can have a drop in the bottle and if you spill any it suddenly becomes a gallon on the ground lol... or in your hair.

This sucks, but it sure beats what I thought was going to happen.. I thought I was going to become a dreaded ball head... yes, ball head.

Skeebo happens to disagree with you on an epic scale. Don't worry man, Whitney Houston made it back and so will I.

My scalp is beet red and I have a bit of an itchy rash. It's probably from all the washing/lemon juice/vinegar/ crap I put it my hair. All the ends where I cut have frayed out so instead of nice blunted tips I look like a little girl with over 30 pigtails.

It's too late now cuz you cut a significant amount of hair off already, but the motorheads use a degreasing liquid soap for cleanup and I would have found out where to get it. Like PepBoys? or AutoZone? Me thinks you need a shower cap for future oil changes. Too bad this happened. Glad your name ain't Skeebo Sampson, heh?

Actually, I've never really understood why some change their own oil. Seems like an awful lot of work when you can get it done pretty cheaply.

Well outside of the hair fiasco I caused myself yesterday it usually only takes me 15 minutes to do. I currently dispatch roadside assistance to drivers and one of my vendors is actually Pep Boys. It amazes me the number of tow trucks I dispatch out for vehicles that just left the shop after an oil change. The damage done after a mechanic forgot to replace the drain plug is quite extensive and something I try to avoid.

On both cars I save about $30 everytime I do it myself. My car needs one every two months and my wife's car needs one about every 3 weeks. That works out to almost $350 a year and does not include the other mechanic work I do on both vehicles like brake jobs, tuneup, and mostly whatever else happens to fail. It comes in handy and is quite rewarding when you get your hair.. I mean hands dirty.

Depending on the manufacture, oil changes are generally recommend every 3,000 miles, but in actuality you can go up to 7,500 miles without any issues what so ever. Due to the high mileage on my wife's car I change it every 3,500.

And Leese... luckily silver vehicles have no relevance on when to change your oil, only red ones because they look so fast.

Depending on the manufacture, oil changes are generally recommend every 3,000 miles, but in actuality you can go up to 7,500 miles without any issues what so ever. Due to the high mileage on my wife's car I change it every 3,500.

Oops, I think my car may need an oil change.

And Leese... luckily silver vehicles have no relevance on when to change your oil, only red ones because they look so fast.

LMFAO

edited to add - one day i'll learn how to split quotes properly..but it wont be tonight!

Well outside of the hair fiasco I caused myself yesterday it usually only takes me 15 minutes to do. I currently dispatch roadside assistance to drivers and one of my vendors is actually Pep Boys. It amazes me the number of tow trucks I dispatch out for vehicles that just left the shop after an oil change. The damage done after a mechanic forgot to replace the drain plug is quite extensive and something I try to avoid.

On both cars I save about $30 everytime I do it myself. My car needs one every two months and my wife's car needs one about every 3 weeks. That works out to almost $350 a year and does not include the other mechanic work I do on both vehicles like brake jobs, tuneup, and mostly whatever else happens to fail. It comes in handy and is quite rewarding when you get your hair.. I mean hands dirty.

Wish I had paid someone else to do it yesterday though...

Question: What do you do with the used oil? I can't find anyone who will accept it here because of our environmental regulations.

Question: What do you do with the used oil? I can't find anyone who will accept it here because of our environmental regulations.

After I put the new oil in the engine, I pour the old oil from the oil pan into the old oil jugs (say that 5 times real fast)LOL. Mark, we have Discount Auto Parts here in Florida and they allow customers to drop off used oil for free. Not sure if you have them where you are, if not you may want to ask one of your local auto shops for advice.

Well today I decided to detail the car. My cup holders were a mess with a mixture of year old soda, coffee, pennies, and paper. Couldn't get them real clean so I decided to pour a little Pine Sol, 409, soap mixture in each holder to let soak. Sounds like a really good idea to me as I am sure it does to all of you.

Just let them suckers soak all day Skeebo says!!

Around 5 pm my daughter and I decided to go to Wendy's for dinner because the wife's in school tonight. As we are leaving I get a call from my wife to see what we were up to and after the conversation was finished I hung up and tossed the phone in my usual desired place while driving.... in the cup holder.. with the awesome concoction still present of course...

LOL, sorry, your week sounds like how mine go. I had my phone in my pocket last year and was leaving Mickey D's with the little ones, one of them gave me thier milk and I stuck it in my pocket and unfortunatlely it wasn't closed all the way. Take it all apart and let it dry out, hopefully, it's not an iphone.

I can't remember what I got in my hair before but it was real greasy/oily and I used beer to get it out. It took a few rinses but it worked, not that you will have the same problem again